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Servant2theKing
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Posted: March 25 2008 at 8:44am \| IP Logged

Michaela, Your inspiration to imagine how Mary might discipline Jesus, or any child, was truly beautiful and surely must have come to you from the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. It has helped me through the years to think of the profound love that Christ must have had for his own dear Mother. The fact that He chose to come to us through her and has made her Queen of Heaven has helped my love for her to grow. The scenes of Mary and Jesus in the movie "The Passion" deeply moved me and helped my love for Mary increase and have helped me learn to unite my own motherly love with her even greater love of her Divine Son! I once attended a talk given by Kimberly Hahn in which she spoke of her struggle with Mary and the Rosary, before entering the Church...as she spoke of the ways God helped her resolve those struggles she ended by saying, "Why not lasso Heaven with our Prayers?" and that has really stayed with me through the years.

There are many resources that speak of the Rosary as a meditation on the Life of Christ. If we allow our souls to contemplate the Mysteries as we pray the Rosary, and use the prayers of the Rosary as a means to truly enter in to the Sacred Mysteries of our Saviour's Life, the Rosary is no longer a rote prayer or a tedious devotion, but a loving gift from Jesus and His Blessed Mother to help us grow closer to their Sacred and Immaculate Hearts! It is possible that Our Lord and His Mother are gently leading you closer to them through the efforts of the group you have joined and oneday you will look back on this season and smile over the path you have taken from here. God always leads us lovingly and gently, never forcibly! Your honesty and openness, in spite of your inner feelings, will surely be blessed by God.

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Posted: March 25 2008 at 10:49am \| IP Logged

I'm another cradle Catholic who has a difficult time finding a comfortable place for Mary and really appreciate this thread. I have lots of beautiful rosaries, but I use them to pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy more often than the Mysteries of the Rosary.

Mother Teresa recommends "Loving Jesus with the Heart of Mary: Eucharistic Meditations on the Fifteen Mysteries of the Rosary" along with "Come to Me in the Blessed Sacrament" by Fr. Martin Lucia. I read these when I was single, but I've found it to be too much for me in this season of my life.

I really like the concise Visits to the Most Blessed Sacrament and to the Blessed Virgin Mary by St. Alphonsus Ligouri.

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I am another cradle Catholic without a strong Marian devotion. I will defend her 'til the end, but I don't say the Rosary daily. I do try to get in a Three Hail Mary devotion.

I recently had a very interesting insight while I was reading A Catholic in King James' Court. One of the characters said, "She knows when you are in need of new wine." For some reason, it really hit home for me. I have always loved the story of the Wedding Feast at Cana.
I love that Mary said, "Do whatever He tells you to do."
And, then there is the tie in with not being able to pour new wine into old wineskins. I am always renewed.
Mary knows exactly when I need it.

That and there was another conversation about how Mary is the Queen Mohter just like in the OT days.

I do really connect with the Sorrowful Mohter and I love the Sacred Heart.

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dancingmama wrote:

I will defend her 'til the end

dancingmama wrote:

I have always loved the story of the Wedding Feast at Cana.
I love that Mary said, "Do whatever He tells you to do."

dancingmama wrote:

I do really connect with the Sorrowful Mohter

You sound very much like me.

Ouiz's post summed it up for me

Ouiz wrote:

Truthfully, I feel rather left out.

It's like everyone else (well most) got the invitation, but I didn't....well, the invitation is taking it's sweet time, I tell yah!

It must be the "simple" faith also mentioned.

After initially posting, I shared with my DH that I didn't know where to put Mary.
He smiled and told me simply..."She is the Mother of Our Lord. That's where you put her."

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